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Alone in the Dark (2008)

post #1 of 25
6/23/08 at 2:26pm
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Anyone picked this up yet? The reviews coming in have been mixed, skewing on the side of decent. Been looking forward to this for a while and completely forgot it came out this week. Alex? Russ? Anything?
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post #2 of 25
6/23/08 at 2:32pm
I pre-ordered it for pc, just waiting on an email saying I can download it. Most of the complaints I read about were frustrating controls on the 360 and some checkpoint issues, so I opted for pc. Keeping my fingers crossed, hope it's fun.
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post #3 of 25
6/23/08 at 3:26pm
This is the one that ATARI has been getting upset over-- couple of European reviews were very low, and they asked them to be removed. They claimed that it was "probably a pirated copy." Heh.
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post #4 of 25
6/23/08 at 4:55pm
It's always looked like a rental for me. But that's the way this generation's looking - what with RRP's being so high and me only being able to play through most of the single-player-only games once...
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post #5 of 25
6/24/08 at 3:25pm
Why is this on PS2 instead of PS3?
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post #6 of 25
6/24/08 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by Disciple_72 View Post
Why is this on PS2 instead of PS3?
I read that the PS3 version was delayed until Fall '08.
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post #7 of 25
6/24/08 at 10:15pm
This will be a rental for me. Darn shame, as I wanted it to Kick major arse!
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post #8 of 25
6/24/08 at 10:23pm
Wouldn't it be nice if for the PS3 release they address some of the complaints of the current game? Wishful thinking I know, but surely it would be in their interest to release a 'different' version, rather than a delayed port of a flawed game...
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post #9 of 25
6/25/08 at 9:25am
I've heard a demo is forthcoming, I'm going to have to try this one out myself. Reviews are all over the place. Like I see IGN UK scored it around 7, but IGN US scored it a 3.5.
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post #10 of 25
6/25/08 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by rabigjb View Post
I read that the PS3 version was delayed until Fall '08.
Oh, that's cool then. I can wait.
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post #11 of 25
7/1/08 at 12:31am
Holy shit this is worse than all the reviews make it out to be.
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post #12 of 25
7/1/08 at 12:47am
But that fire looks sweet!
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post #13 of 25
7/1/08 at 6:27am
Is it really that bad?
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post #14 of 25
7/1/08 at 1:37pm
Both the first and third person cameras are terrible. The movement is stilted and tank-like, which makes navigating the small areas of the game very tricky. Instant cheap deaths are plentiful, which is made more irritating by the unskippable dialogue scenes. The inventory system is a nice try, but takes up way too much time to access while you're being beaten down by monsters.
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post #15 of 25
7/1/08 at 1:43pm
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Originally Posted by Russ Fischer View Post
Both the first and third person cameras are terrible. The movement is stilted and tank-like, which makes navigating the small areas of the game very tricky. Instant cheap deaths are plentiful, which is made more irritating by the unskippable dialogue scenes. The inventory system is a nice try, but takes up way too much time to access while you're being beaten down by monsters.
I played it at a friend's place and had the exact same complaint with the shitty movement and the stupid frigging inventory.
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post #16 of 25
7/1/08 at 4:20pm
Time to wait for a major price-drop, methinks.
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post #17 of 25
8/2/08 at 3:22pm
I'll be getting this free with my new Radeon HD 4870 video card. I'm still kinda looking forward to giving this a try.
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post #18 of 25
8/2/08 at 7:27pm
I'm renting this right now via Gamefly but I think I'm gonna send this back. I'm not even far into the game but the first driving segment is pissing me off. I'm making it all the way to the staircase but I got no place to go after that other than out the fucking window to my death.
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post #19 of 25
8/2/08 at 7:30pm
Give it a fair shake. There's some good stuff in there. The developers are French (if the credits are any indication), and French games always have a hard time with American gamers.

Again, I haven't played the 360 version, just the pc.
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post #20 of 25
8/4/08 at 8:44am
That new demo is making it hard to not give this one a shot. Some really fun stuff there.
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post #21 of 25
8/4/08 at 1:22pm
The atmosphere reaches near Bioshock levels of awesomeness. If it keeps that up for the whole game i could overlook the controls.
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post #22 of 25
8/24/08 at 7:31am
There's so many great ideas in this and great production values, but it's all destroyed by the godawful controls.
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post #23 of 25
8/24/08 at 11:00am
Well some of those problems might be fixed
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post #24 of 25
8/25/08 at 10:47am
Some of the controls reminded me of Trespasser...

To beat someone, you need to
- pick up a weapon by the use of a button
- take aim by the use of a button
- pull back the weapon by the use of the stick
- beat him by the use of the stick
- (and finally) then set the weapon on fire to finish it off

Also, the camera system loves to hate you.
That sucks, because graphics are quite neat.
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post #25 of 25
8/25/08 at 9:04pm
I haven't had the chance to play this yet. Is there still any Lovecraft in there?
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